Almost one quarter of employees in the United Kingdom who had a flexible working arrangement with their employer said the main reason they started was to increase their leisure time. A further eighteen percent of UK workers with access to flexible work advised that the main reason was to look after a child or children.
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CIPD. (June 12, 2019). What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. "What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement?." Chart. June 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. (2019). What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. "What Was The Main Reason You Started Working Your Flexible Working Arrangement?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD, What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/ (last visited August 12, 2022)